Rail-joint.



F. MIHALIK. BAIL JOINT. APPLIUATION FILED ma. 1s, 190s.

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FRANK MIHALIK, OF. PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAIL-JOINT.

To all @from .fit may concern:

lie -1t known that I, Fiumi MmALIK, a. citizen of the United States of America,

residing :it Pittsburg, in the county of Alle-l gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in RaiLJointi-i, of which the following 1s a specification, reference being had therein to..

the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a rail joint, and the primary objects of my invention are, first, to provide u strong und durable connection for the confronting ends of two railssecond, to dis ense with the use of nuts and bolts as a1 me lum-for connecting rails; and third7 to provide :i novel rail chair that will prevent lateral and vertical dis )lacement of the confronting ends of two railis. v

I attain the above objects by a rail joint that will be presently described and then elaiined. l

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rail joint constructed in ac- 'eordauee with my invention, Fig. is an end view of the` same, Fig. 3 is a plan of the end ot the rail `constructed in accordance with in v invention, Fig. 4 is a plan of the rail ioiut with one of 'the railsl thereof removed.

'l`o put iny'invention into practice, I pro,

vide a ruil chair for supporting the controntingi` ends of rails 1. This chair comprises a huseplate 2 having intt-igral splice iiiii's 2-3 t'or bracing the webs l and the headsl oi'A rails. These splice barsl adjacent to the, )date 2 are provided with spike openings 6 'tor spikes T, said spikes engaging iu notches H. provided therefor in tho base (langes 9 of the rails t, The spikes T are adapted to` prevent lateral displacement of said eliair and said rails.

Froni the foregoing desei'iptioii it will he specification or Leiters raient. Application filed March 18, 1908. Serial No. 421,778. p

from the scope of the invention.

tical portion exten( ing' in Patented July 20, 1909.

observed that I have devised a novel su port Jfor the confronting ends of rails, endg desire it to be understood that such structural changes as are permissible by the appended claim can be resorted to without departing Having no'w described my invention what. I claim as new, is

The combination with the cont-routine' ends of two rails, the biises ofeach of said rails provided with notches1 of :i chair adapted to enibrace said rails, siiid Chair eoniprisinp; a base plate, integral splice bars carried by the buse plate und roiuprising veitieal and angularly disposed portions4 ioi 'bracing the webs and heads ot' the ruil ,a said splice. bin-s near each end and adj-.went the side edges of the baise phite provided with spike openings. said base plate provided with openings in idiuenient with the open ings in the splice bars, said openings arranged above and below said notches` and spikes extending through the openings und notches for eonneetiog the chair to tht` rails and maintaining' the rails in position` said splice bars uninterrupted -from end to end and of the same thickness from end to end and each having the outer face ,of its verthe saine plane throughout', said v rtical portions ot' said spline bars having the inner fares thereof snugly engaging throughout the faces ot' the weirof the rail and said singularly disposed .portions snugly engaging.r the upper faire oi the base of the rails. l

In testimony w'liereot I atiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ruimt i'il'uiimit.

Witnesses:

.\. H. Italiano, Max Il. Sn'oiiovi'rz. 

